User talk:Williamconnell36

Welcome
Hi, I noticed your additions to Columbus Day and several other articles and that you are a new user. First, welcome to WP. Second, based on your user name it appears that so far your additions have been primarily to add your own works as sources and further reading. There is nothing wrong with this per se and it appears you are an academic with some expertise in the field of Italian and Italian-American history (or perhaps just a huge fan of his), which is great; Wikipedia needs more experts.

However, I also do want to let you know that you should be careful to avoid the appearance of self-promotion or excessive self citing. While there is every indication Prof. Connell's scholarly works are welcome additions to the articles and a valuable resource for readers interested in learning more, I'm sure you can understand why editors who appear to drop in only to promote their own work are looked on with some skepticism. To avoid this, I'm sure you're familiar with valuable resources by other scholars which you could add to the mix, and I'm sure you have substantial knowledge which could help expand and improve the substantive content of many articles.

I understand that you are new to WP and small steps are the easiest to take at first, so by all means take things at your own pace. I just wanted to fill you in about the policies and also to encourage you to continue editing in a way that is less likely to generate controversy and more likely to be useful to the encyclopedia as a whole. So far, your edits have been fine and it looks like the resources you have been citing are useful, reliable, and well-regarded, so keep it up. If you have any questions about editing or WP generally I'm happy to help out, so just let me know by shooting me a note on my Talk Page. -- InspectorTiger (talk) 16:14, 16 October 2011 (UTC)


 * People do both. Responses on your own talk page have the advantage of keeping the conversation all in one place, but if you respond on your own talk page, generally leave a note on the other person's so they know you've responded.  I generally just consider whether the other person will want to review the conversation's history vs just want to see a response immediately; ie longer and more discussional vs. shorter and more informal/personal.  I look forward to working with you and if I have any questions about European history I'll certainly keep you in mind.  all the best -- InspectorTiger (talk) 02:43, 18 October 2011 (UTC)